Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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The latest Tory Immigration Bill will deepen the exploitation of workers
Under the government’s proposed new scheme, many migrant workers who come to Britain will in effect have no rights, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Migrant workers look for work in the window of a newsagent’s
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
THIS week will see the second reading of the Tory government’s latest Immigration Bill. It is extremely short.
But the white paper it is meant to enact represents one of the most serious threats to all workers for decades.
The TUC and others have already raised concerns that this Bill risks limiting the rights of existing EU workers in the UK — amounting to literally millions of people — and more than a million UK citizens in the EU. It will also severely increase the rates of exploitation in work.
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